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Computer Manages Restaurant Workers
9x320 writes "The chicken restaurant chain Zaxby's has started to use computers with software by Hyperactive Technologies to direct employees what to do and when to do it, and to decide how many should come to work. The computer works through the use of sensors, analysis of historic data, and touchscreens. The article compares the software to that in a science fiction novel published only just a few years ago, except the computer, Manna, also carried a voice synthesizer."
Will people still bitch when others are given free money because there are no paychecks any more?
Or will people just be left to starve?
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
an employee who will step outside of the box and innovate
Employees are not allowed to innovate. Fastest path to the nearest exit in any job is to think or speak up. Corporations want pliable, relentlessly cheerful slaves who won't complain when they are fired.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.